[Grassroots-l] Following My Own Advice

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...
Well, I followed my own advice and ordered a fresh copy of Strunk and White's "The Elements of Style."  The price has gone up since my first copy many years ago (about $1.25). Now it lists for $9.95, but is worth every penny. It arrived by FedEx 2 day from Amazon this afternoon.
All this brings me to the controversy that really bothered me for the book sprint last summer, punctuation with quotation marks.  I was "raised" on the "American" style and had to use it when writing for publication in newspapers and magazines. There is a wikipedia article about this here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Punctuation

Last summer, we followed more of the "British" style discussed in the above article. I really had to grit my teeth for that, but did it anyway.
This summer, it really doesn't matter to me which style we use, just so we all use the same one, which seems to be the British style (unless someone changes it). 
Caryl
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